Automobile-signal.



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LESTER E. rnE'sco'rT'AND EUGENE L. PEEsco'rnoF SOUTH raconta,wasHInGJroN.

AUTOMOBILE-SIGNAL.

Application led J'uly 2, 1917. Serial yN' o. 178,193.

To all whom it may concern.'

.YBe Iit known vvthat we, LESTER E. PREsCoT'r and EUGENE L. PREsCoT'r,citizens of the United States, residing at South Tacoma, in

'the county of Pierce and State of lashings` ton, have invented certainnew anduseful ,Improvements in Automobile-Signals, of

".construct this signal that when the indieating arm or pointer is swungto one side,

` 'a light will be illuminated thus permitting signa in elevation,

the signal to be seen atnight-time.

Another object ofthe invention is to so construct this signal' that therear light may be kept burning at all times and-to further so "constructI the signal that the indicating arm may serve as a movableswitchelement to close'a brake between stationary contacts.

Another object lof the invention is* to pro'- vide improved operatingmeans for swing- 4ing 'the indicating arm from the neutral position toone side.

Another object of the'invention is to provide a signal which will bevery simple inV construction and easy to operate. l'

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a view showing an automobile in rear elevation with theimproved signal in place, Fi 2 is a .view showing the improved Fig. 3 isa view showirgI 'the operating mechanism of the signal in top plan andthe housing in longitudinal section. Y

Fig. 4 is fa view showing the improved housing in vertical section, i..Fig. 5 is a view showing the improved housing in front elevation, and

Fig. 6 isa viewof the wiring diagram for the lighting of the improvedsignal.

Thisfsignal is mounted at a convenient point upon the automobileindicated in general by the numeral' 10 and in the present illustrationis shown positioned above the rear mud guard.v The housing ll isprovided with a depending fia-nge 12 having o enings 13 formed thereinthus permitting t e number plate 9 to be suspended beneath ISpecification. of Letters Patent.

mounted as shown at 21..

bulb i 25 Petelite effraie ses" I the housing whereitfmay Passingthrough. weile/11S' 0r." transparent plate 14 in the bottom oftheho'fusi I 1g. v

In the-rear wan of'this'husitg bereits to provided an openingcovered-by@flens/, 1 .5' which will' be preferably coloredandwill constitute therear light.y Openings j land y 17 are out inthe rearwalll upon oppositesidesof the lens 15 and are covered by: trans- 65 parent plates 18formed preferably'of glass so that when the propergbulbs. areilluminated, the. light willi shi-ne -throughlthese indicating openingsland show ,the' vdirection in which the car is 'to turn. lPartitions519170. are placed inthe housing todividethesame -intocompartments as shown in `Figs. v3r and-.4

andin order to permit ,easyaccess .tothejin terlor 'of the housingfor-repair. pui-poses...

The .direction indicating arm mounted upon the stem 23 ofthe socket.. 24

:for the electric bulb 2 5fand will normallyjf. remainilLthe uprightposition shown .iniull lines. Itwill'thus be` Seen-.that the so M24 notonly provides means om'carrying he I utl .f1 1rthe1:--provides` means orpivotally.. mounting tlie, f indicatilig v arm". y"' ,'ulbs or lamps 26and 27. are.moun ted in v8 5 sockets 28 and 29 in thejside compartmentsof the'housing and Lwhen illuminatedwill 3 serve to illuminate the.direction indicating elements 16 and 17 to show the directionin whichthe car is'to turn, Theselamps pr 904 bulbs 26 and 27 are connected`withfzthe power wire 30 by means of the wire "311 whichnwireisfprovided with a'branch32 leading 'tothe bulb 25. The return 'Wire' 33leads fron1, the

22 and is provided intermediate itsf-lengthv with a switch 35 permittingthe circuitto be bro'ken and eXtinguish .the light, f25f.fwith arycontact 41 may be secured to the hous- 110 ing between the contacts 39and 46 in which case. the movable contact 34'Would be positioned in alittle higher plane and'would then bridge the space between the contacts41 and one of the side contacts when the arm is swung. If the stationarycontact 41 is omitted and the wire connected directly with the contact34,` this contact will of course -have overlapping engagement with. theside socket joint 45.

contacts when swung thus preventing the vends of the contactstrips fromstriking the ends of the contact strips 39 and 40.

In order to swing the indicating arm 22 there has been provided a footlever 42 pivotally mounted in the foot board of the automobile asconnected with the rod or link v44 by the 'This link 44 is connectedwith the bell crank lever 46 from which leads a rod or link 47Vconnected with the bell crank lever 48 positioned adjacent the rear 20end of the automobile and having a rod or link 49 leading therefrom.This 'link 49 is connected with the lower end of the lever 50 pivotallymounted as shown at 51 and having a link 52 leading from its upper endand connected fwith the lower endvof .the indicating arm. 'When theautomobile is in use at night, the switch 35 will be closed and of thelinks andleversl connecting this lever 42 with the lower end of theindicating arm 22, movement will be transmitted to the in# dicating larmand this arm will be'swung in the direction in which the turn is to bemade.

. When thisy arm swings, the circuit through cating in which either26 or27 will be closed and this will be illuminated thus throwing a lightthrough the pointer 16 or 1.7 and indidirection, the" automobile is toturn. After the turn has been made, the lever 42 will -be returned tothe normal posi` lamp lamp j tion and the indicating arm will -swingupwardly to the neutral position and the side lights extinguished. Itwill thus be seen that this device will operate very eiliciently andpermit one of the side lamps to be sevlectively lighted and at the sametime permit the rear light 15 to beat all times illuminated. When theautomobile is in use during the day, itis. not necessary to have at 43and having its lower end arm will remain ina vertical poi the lightsilluminated and the switch '35 will then be opened thus breaking thecircuit. This will not however prevent the in dicating arm from beingImoved to indicate the direction in 'which the turn is to be'inade.

We have thus provided an automobile signal for indicating the directionin which a turnis to be made which signal will act as a rear light andalso as an illuminating' light for the 'license number.

What is claimed is 1. An automobile signal comprising a housing havingpartitions therein dividing the housing into side intermediatecompartment, sockets in the compartments, an indicating arm, theint-ermediate socket being extended to provide a pin passing through theindicating arm to pivotally mount the indicating arm, a main circuitpassing throfugh the intermediate socket to illuminate a lamp carriedthereby, auxiliary circuits branching from the main circuit/toilluminatelamps carried by the side sockets, the auxiliarycircuitsincluding stationary contacts carried b" lthe housing and a movablecontact carried. bvthe indicatingarm, and means' for ,swinging theindicating arm to one side and bring the contact thereof into engagementwith one of the stationarv contacts and illuminate a selected side'lamp.

compartments and an l2. An automobile signal comprising a housingdivided into side compartments and an intermediate compartment,electrically energized indicators in the compartments, an indicatingarm, the indicator of the intermediate compartment being provided with apin passing through the indicator arm to. pivotally mount the indicatorarm, av main circuit passing through the indicator of the intermediatecompartment toenergize the same, auxiliary circuits` to energize theindicators of the side compartments the auX-; iliary circuits includingstationary contacts and a movablel contact carried by the indicatingarm, and means Jfor swinging the 1n'- dicating arm lto vone side tobring the conc tacts'thereofinto engagement with'one of the stationarycontacts and `energize the indicator of a'sele'cted side compartment.

In testimony whereof weaiiiX vour signatures in presence of twowitnesses. v

LESTER E. PRESCOTT.'V EUGENE L. PRESCOTT. Witnesses:

A. GOLDTHWAITE, FANNiE MILLERQ.

